New York
StadiumRotherham United
v Burton
Albion
League Two
Saturday August 18th
2012, 3pmMike
Kimberley(Ninety-Two Club)

I was looking
forward to the first day of the new campaign
and had given up my Palace season ticket to
do one of the two new grounds to the League
this season. I travelled by train with my
wife Marie arriving at Rotherham Central
just before mid-day. Our first task was to
collect the tickets from the ground.

The New York Stadium is well sign posted
from the station and believing (wrongly) a
sign post had been turned round, proceeded
to the new-looking floodlight pylons I could
see, only to realize we were heading for
Millmoor. A kindly local walked with us most
of the way to the new ground. My error only
put five minutes on the journey but please
remember to follow the signs. The exterior
of New York Stadium is very impressive and
looks both slick and imposing. Having
collected the tickets I was returning
towards town and a watering hole when Steve
Evans, Rotherham’s new Manager passed and
gave me a cheery “hello”.

I had selected the Rhinoceros pub in
Bridgegate in order to be a Ninety-Two Club
meeting point. This is one of a number of
pubs within five minutes walk of the station
all of which seemed well populated. The
Rhinoceros was quite busy with pre-match
fans and food and drink was reasonable as
you would expect in a Wetherspoons. Around
ten members of the Ninety-Two Club met there
including Duncan Adams who is this web site
owner and to whom we all owe a thank you for
the information he provides which we need to
get to various venues.

The ground is about 10 minutes walk from the
Rhinoceros. The build of the ground is good
with comfortable seats and good leg room.
The atmosphere inside was party-like for the
first ever competitive fixture and went very
much Rotherham’s way when they were awarded
a penalty in the fourth minute. The 2-0
score line at half time flattered Rotherham
slightly but when Burton were reduced to ten
men this was only ever going to be a
convincing home win. Rotherham running out
3-0 winners in front of a sell-out crowd of
11,411.

It was a warm and humid afternoon and a most
enjoyable day out. We returned south by
train from central with many Burton fans,
changing at Sheffield. On the train were a
group of Barnsley fans, a Shrewsbury fan and
a chap within reach of finishing the 92 this
season which made for a pleasant
conversation. We arrived home in time for a
quick take away and Match of the Day. A
great day out!